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Tornadoes in Winn Parish, Louisiana

44 tornadoes have crossed Winn Parish since 1950, 28th of the 64 counties in Louisiana with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.7 years. They have killed 3 people and injured 67. 1 was rated F4 or EF4 and above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Now

Tornadoes
44
Deaths
3
Injuries
67
F4 and above
1
Worst on record
EF4, November 29, 2010

The deadliest in Winn Parish

  1. F2, Vernon, Natchitoches, Grant, Winn, Issaquena and Washington parishes, Louisiana and MississippiMarch 22, 19532 killed, 22 injured
  2. F3, San Augustine, Sabine, Sabine, Natchitoches and Winn counties, Texas and LouisianaMarch 20, 19741 killed, 9 injured

The strongest

  1. EF4, Winn Parish, LouisianaNovember 29, 2010EF4, 14.0 mi (22 km)
  2. F3, San Augustine, Sabine, Sabine, Natchitoches and Winn counties, Texas and LouisianaMarch 20, 1974F3, 85.2 mi (137 km)
  3. F3, Sabine, Natchitoches and Winn counties, Texas and LouisianaMarch 20, 1974F3, 44.7 mi (72 km)
  4. F3, Winn Parish, LouisianaMay 19, 1983F3, 23.0 mi (37 km)
  5. F2, Vernon, Natchitoches, Grant, Winn, Issaquena and Washington parishes, Louisiana and MississippiMarch 22, 1953F2, 234.7 mi (378 km)
  6. F2, Natchitoches and Winn parishes, LouisianaMay 16, 1953F2, 28.5 mi (46 km)
  7. EF2, Natchitoches and Winn parishes, LouisianaApril 26, 2011EF2, 25.1 mi (40 km)
  8. F2, Winn and Bienville parishes, LouisianaApril 19, 1959F2, 20.7 mi (33 km)
  9. EF2, Natchitoches and Winn parishes, LouisianaNovember 5, 2018EF2, 19.6 mi (32 km)
  10. EF2, Winn and Caldwell parishes, LouisianaApril 13, 2022EF2, 18.7 mi (30 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 24 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Winn Parish. Each year links to every tornado in Louisiana that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20221EF2
20191EF1
20186EF2
20177EF1
20122EF0
20111EF2
20101EF4
200912EF2
200831EF1
20012F1
19922F1
199011F1
19891F1
19861F1
1983110F3
19801F1
19781F1
19771F2
19742127F3
19591F2
19541F1
19533225F2
19511F1
195021F1

Every tornado that crossed Winn Parish

44 tornadoes, newest first. 2 of them touched down in a neighboring state and ran in, so the record files them under that state rather than Louisiana.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 13, 20225:11 PM CDTEF2Winn Parish18.7625$250,000
May 8, 20195:22 PM CDTEF1Winn Parish2.9250
November 5, 20185:30 PM CSTEF1Winn Parish1.2300
November 5, 20185:25 PM CSTEF2Natchitoches Parish19.6400$150,000
November 5, 20185:09 PM CSTEF1Winn Parish3.1100
November 5, 20184:50 PM CSTEF1Winn Parish0.450
November 5, 20184:24 PM CSTEF1Winn Parish3.150
March 28, 20183:06 PM CDTEF1Natchitoches Parish16.01,200$201,000
May 28, 20178:07 PM CDTEF1Winn Parish0.1135
May 28, 20177:52 PM CDTEF1Winn Parish0.1127
May 28, 20177:50 PM CDTEF1Winn Parish1.1564
April 30, 20173:07 AM CDTEF1Winn Parish6.91,760$50,000
April 2, 20174:12 PM CDTEF1Grant Parish4.41,108$70,000
April 2, 20173:54 PM CDTEF1Grant Parish4.11,108
March 24, 201711:49 PM CDTEF1Winn Parish1.2350$3,000
March 21, 20123:14 AM CDTEF0Winn Parish0.450
March 20, 20121:15 PM CDTEF0Winn Parish2.175
April 26, 201112:56 AM CDTEF2Natchitoches Parish25.1880$300,000
November 29, 20103:12 PM CSTEF4Winn Parish14.0400$750,000
May 3, 20098:40 AM CDTEF2Winn Parish1.53992$3.0 million
September 13, 20088:45 PM CDTEF0Winn Parish6.530
April 4, 200810:21 AM CDTEF1Winn Parish7.62001
April 4, 200810:08 AM CDTEF1Winn Parish5.8400$25,000
December 22, 20014:21 PM CSTF1Winn Parish8.525$20,000
November 24, 20011:14 AM CSTF0Winn Parish2.930
November 3, 19925:02 PM CSTF1Winn Parish2.067$50,000 to $500,000
November 3, 19924:52 PM CSTF1Winn Parish1.530
February 2, 19905:40 PM CSTF1Winn Parish7.2401$50,000 to $500,000
May 17, 19895:50 PM CDTF1Winn Parish0.530
April 19, 19864:20 PM CSTF1Winn Parish0.350
May 19, 198311:35 PM CDTF3Winn Parish23.050010$5 million to $50 million
May 15, 198012:45 AM CDTF1Winn Parish0.510$5,000 to $50,000
December 7, 19785:20 PM CSTF1Winn Parish0.110
March 28, 19771:00 AM CSTF2Winn Parish6.110$5,000 to $50,000
March 20, 19748:30 PM CDTF3San Augustine to LA85.220019$500,000 to $5 million
March 20, 19748:30 PM CDTF3Sabine to LA44.77718$50,000 to $500,000
April 19, 19595:25 PM GMT-6F2Winn Parish20.7100$5,000 to $50,000
April 30, 19543:30 PM GMT-5F1Winn Parish0.533$5,000 to $50,000
December 3, 19533:00 AM GMT-6F2Winn Parish1.01003$5,000 to $50,000
May 16, 19537:30 PM GMT-5F2Natchitoches Parish28.5200$50,000 to $500,000
March 22, 19533:00 PM GMT-6F2Vernon Parish to MS234.7200222$500,000 to $5 million
September 2, 19515:15 PM GMT-5F1Winn Parish0.5100$5,000 to $50,000
May 2, 19503:00 AM GMT-5F1Grant Parish32.81501$50,000 to $500,000
May 1, 195011:30 AM GMT-5F1Winn Parish15.4150$50,000 to $500,000

Nearby

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What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.